assisting

/əˈsɪstɪŋ/

noun 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

busy, financial, responsible, technical

VERB + ASSISTING

nurse

ASSISTING + NOUN

customer, customers, doctor, job, someone

PREP.

with

ADV.

directly

Definitions

noun

assistance; help given

[…] through atonement for sin by the death of Christ the world has been blessed with a dispensation of helping influences — the gracious and altogether sufficient assistings of the Holy Ghost.

adj

Helpful; auxiliary (to).

In the meantime, he plainly perceived that she would not stoop to be directly assisting to his views on Laura.

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Example Bank

[…] through atonement for sin by the death of Christ the world has been blessed with a dispensation of helping influences — the gracious and altogether sufficient assistings of the Holy Ghost.

Wiktionary

In the meantime, he plainly perceived that she would not stoop to be directly assisting to his views on Laura.

Wiktionary

He had no intention of assisting my job.

Tatoeba · #284827

What's the technical terminology for assisting someone to go to the toilet with a urine bottle?

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Sami was assisting customers.

Tatoeba · #7164787

Tom has been busy assisting customers.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, assisting is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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